A Complete Guide to Modern Upholstery

PART 1 - WHERE TO BEGIN

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04:34

Meet Micaela

02:23

Different Upholstery styles

07:51

How to choose fabric

07:22

Sourcing furniture on location - Atomic

06:43

Sourcing furniture on location - Bright Sparks

07:37

Sourcing fabric on location - Sanderson

03:03

Part 1 - Where to begin

04:11

Part 2 - The essential toolkit

02:16

Part 3 - Materials

02:30

Part 4 - Disassembling your chair

05:19

Part 5 - Creating the template

10:41

Part 6 - Using your template to cut the new fabric

03:14

Part 7 - Cutting the piping

08:30

Part 8 - Sewing the piping

09:16

Part 9 - Sewing the piping to your cushion cover

11:13

Part 10 - Sewing the zip

05:04

Part 11 - Sewing the borders

02:13

Part 12 - Bottom section

04:55

Part 13 - Sewing the corners

03:36

Part 14 - Cutting the foam

04:33

Part 15 - Wrapping the foam

01:22

Part 16 - The finished box cushion

03:45

Part 1 - Where to begin

02:55

Part 2 - The essential toolkit

05:56

Part 3 - Materials

02:00

Part 4 - Before we start

07:08

Part 5 - Preparing your chair

04:03

Part 6 - Stripping your chair

03:12

Part 7 - Removing the outside back

03:22

Part 8 - The frame of the chair

10:42

Part 9 - Cutting the fabric

10:52

Part 10 - Sewing the cover

03:50

Part 11 - Upholstering the frame

05:53

Part 12 - Adding the hessian

07:52

Part 13 - Adding the foam

02:44

Part 14 - Attaching your Dacron

12:00

Part 15 - Attaching your seat platform

05:22

Part 16 - Adding Dacron to the inside back

09:38

Part 17 - Covering the inside back

06:06

Part 18 - Finishing the inside back

05:11

Part 19 - Webbing the arms

16:37

Part 20 - Covering the arms

12:05

Part 21 - Webbing and covering the outside back

03:34

Part 22 - Stitching the chair

01:47

Part 23 - Hand sewing the front

02:59

Part 24 - Covering the base

01:18

Part 25 - The finished chair

01:11

Summary

Part 1 - Where to begin

You’ve now got the skills and experience to move onto our final project: upholstering an armchair, specifically a mid-century style box chair.

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A Complete Guide to Modern Upholstery

Micaela Sharp

An introduction to upholstery

Where to begin

Project 1: Making a headboard

Project 2: Making a box cushion

Project 3: Re-upholstering a mid-century box chair

Summary

An introduction to upholstery

Where to begin

Project 1: Making a headboard

Project 2: Making a box cushion

Project 3: Re-upholstering a mid-century box chair

Summary

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